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Michaela Sisitsky

Education

B.S. Psychology, Minor in Spanish, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 

Research Interests

My research interests include 1) parenting and parent-child interactions, including cultural differences and parenting interventions for diverse families, 2) identification of familial and neighborhood-level protective factors for youth experiencing adversity, and 3) support of community stakeholders with the goal of promoting health and well-being for traditionally underserved youth and families. 

Awards

FIU Preeminent Fellowship, 2020-Present

Publications

Sisitsky, M. & Parent, J. (In Preparation). Associations Between Threat, Deprivation, and Telomere Length; The Role of Parenting within a Dimensional Model of Early Life Adversity. 

Rodriguez, V.J., Cadet, G. D., Sisitsky, M., Cooley, C., Parent, J., & Shaffer, A. (In Preparation). Assessing Parenting in Racially and Ethnically Diverse Families: A Lack of Measurement Equivalence. 

Baez, F., Sisitsky, M., Cadet, G.D., & Parent, J. (In Preparation). Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Findings: Associations Between Threat and Deprivation at Age 9 and Substance Use at Age 15. 

Khoury, J., Ahtam, B., Sisitsky, M., Ou, Y., Gagoski, B., Bosquet-Enlow, M., Teicher, M., Grant, P.E., Lyons-Ruth, K. (Revise and Resubmit). Maternal Childhood Maltreatment is Associated with Lower Infant Grey Matter Volume and Amygdala Volume During the First Two Years of Life.  

Presentations

Sisitsky, M., Cadet G. D., Baez, F., Barcelo, N., & Parent, J. (2022, February). Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Findings: Associations Between Threat and Deprivation at Age 3 and Externalizing Behavior at Age 9. Poster to be presented at the Miami International Child & Adolescent Mental Health Conference, Miami, FL.   

Baez, F., Sisitsky, M., Cadet G. D., Barcelo, N., & Parent, J. (2022, February). Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Findings: Associations Between Threat and Deprivation at Age 9 and Substance Use at Age 15. Poster to be presented at the Miami International Child & Adolescent Mental Health Conference, Miami, FL.   

Cadet, G., Rodriguez, V.J., Shaffer, A., Sisitsky, M., & Parent, J. (2021). Assessing Parenting in Racially and Ethnically Diverse Families: A Lack of Measurement Equivalence. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Research Conference, San Diego, California.   

Sisitsky, M., Jaber, S., Perez, J.D., Ahtam, B., Khoury, J., Chung, A.W., Ou, Y., Bosquet-Enlow, M., Lyons-Ruth, K., Grant, P.E. (2019). Maternal Childhood Maltreatment Impacts Offspring Development of White Matter Microstructure within Dorsal and Ventral Language Pathways. Poster presented at the Neurodevelopmental Disorders Symposium, Boston, MA.   

Sisitsky, M., Jaber, S., Perez, J.D., Ahtam, B., Khoury, J., Ou, Y., Bosquet-Enlow, M., Lyons-Ruth, K., Grant, P.E. (2019). Infant Amygdala and Hippocampal Volumes are Impacted by Maternal Experiences of Childhood Maltreatment. Poster presented at the Neurodevelopmental Disorders Symposium, Boston, MA.    

Sisitsky, M., Ahtam, B., Khoury, J., Ou, Y., Bosquet-Enlow, M., Lyons-Ruth, K., Grant, P.E. (2019). Maternal Withdrawal Behavior is Associated with Volumetric Reductions in Infant Brain Regions. Poster presented at the Dr. M. Judah Folkman Research Day at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 

Ahtam, B., Sisitsky, M., Perez, J.D., Wilson, J., Caldas, J., Im, K., Grant, P.E. (2020). Sulcal Pattern Analysis in 16p11.2 Deletion and Duplication Syndromes. Poster presented at the 2020 Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Annual Meeting. 

Sisitsky, M., DePatie, J., Le Mau, T., Feldman-Barrett, L. (2017). Automated Detection and Emotion Perception in Talk Show Characters. Poster presented at the Annual IASL Undergraduate Research Day, Boston, MA.